Dec 23, 2020
Commonwealth Financial Network opened its doors in 1979 as a small Massachusetts broker/dealer with big aspirations. While remaining privately held, it has grown rapidly, along the way establishing itself as a pioneer in advancing practice management and in leading the way for fee-based advisor business solutions....
Dec 23, 2020
Take your retirement account and divide it by half. This is the real amount that you have saved for retirement. Taxes can cut your retirement funds in half, according to Ed Slott, the nationally recognized IRA and retirement planning expert, founder of IRAHelp.comand author of the forthcoming book, The New Retirement...
Dec 22, 2020
The year of 2020 was like no other in our lifetimes as a once in a century pandemic shut down the world as we all knew it and the global economy experienced its worst shock since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The stock and bond markets sent investors on a roller-coaster ride. The S&P 500 experienced its fastest...
Dec 19, 2020
Broadridge recently released its second annual financial advisor marketing survey, which revealed the contrasts between effective and ineffective marketers, as well as an expected move to digital from the continued impact of COVID-19. This year’s survey also shed light on the lack of marketing strategy among advisors...
Dec 9, 2020
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the wealth management profession has reached record levels for yet another year. There was a pandemic-driven pause in Q2, but Q3 saw a record-setting 44 transactions, the first time there was more than 40 transactions in a quarter. With 111 transactions through Q3, it is likely...